Tampopo

Tampopo (1986)

  • 100% of critics liked it
    (12 reviews)

  • 93% of users liked it
    (7,826 ratings)

The sophomore directorial effort from ill-fated Japanese filmmaker Juzo Itami, Tampopo is an off-beat comedy featuring several intersecting stories all related to food. Tsutomu Yamazaki plays Goro, a truck driver who helps a young widow named Tampopo (Nobuko Miyamoto) improve her noodle restaurant.… More

Unrated,
Directed By
Written By
Juzo Itami
Genres
Art House & International, Comedy
In Theaters
Nov 23, 1985 Wide

Critic Reviews

  • Jay Antani, Cinema Writer

    a pleasant enough time-passer

  • Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

    Playful and self-reflexive, Itami's delightful shaggy-dog tale makes allusions to Samurai, American Westerns, Spielberg, but above all it's about the power of food, specifically the art of preparing and eating noodles.

  • Gary Brown, Houston Community Newspapers

    A fan favorite for college foreign film series.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Letitia L


    A timeless feast for the senses, saw it twice in college with friends. We ate ramen before watching it, but still left in the middle of the movie to go get more. It will taunt your appetite and twist your salivating imagination around its chopsticks until your craving can't… More

  • JY S


    Juzo Itami creates one piece of work in <i>Tampopo</i>, a film that centers around ramen. This movie will make you hungry for noodles. I don't care if you are sick or you just ate. You will be hungry for noodles.<p>When it comes down to it, this film is about… More

  • Lanning :


    <b><i>Dandelion</i> </b><p> You cannot watch this movie and not want to eat noodles. I couldn't wait until after it was over; I had to pause it half way through this time and cook up a bowl for myself. It's the same problem I have watching a… More

  • Daniel D


    Tampopo is a Japanese comedy about the art of noodles. It has plenty of funny scenes, especially the silent noodle scene. That brought some good laughs. But the movie loses all focus and has no concentration. This makes the film ultimately pointless. Also WTF was with the erotic… More

  • Simeon D


    A two hour comedy about a widow and a trucker trying to make the perfect noodle. I'm still asking myself how this managed to be so entertaining. It's indescribable; don't try to describe it to your friends. Just say it's Monty Python meets The Good the Bad and the… More

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